This is the place to discuss courses of action for ABDs, such as finding distance education schools that will award you a degree upon completion of a dissertation. Thse schools may be found in commonwealth countries such as the UK, Australia, and South Africa (ZA), with ZA being the most reasonable in terms of cost.
I will not be ABD for a little over a year, but if I get stuck, I plan to hire all the help I need. An adviser, statistician, whatever. Your school in in SA, right? How has your experience been?
So far, so good. They are willing to work with you. There is a different system to getting enrolled, and they have different terminologies, but I am breaking the code.....
My first *official* doctoral class starts next month, and the term "ABD" already scares the Hell out of me......